March 2010
1 post
There is no more tumblarity.
November 2009
2 posts
I did not post for one day and tumblarity went down by 6 points.
October 2009
23 posts
“Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.”
– chinese proverb
“A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.”
– Russian Proverb
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our...”
– Abe Lincoln
Post 11: Part two "Bartleby The Scrivner" By...
“Do you not see the reason for yourself,” he indifferently replied.
I looked steadfastly at him, and perceived that his eyes looked dull and glazed. Instantly it occurred to me, that his unexampled diligence in copying by his dim window for the first few weeks of his stay with me might have temporarily impaired his vision.
I was touched. I said something in condolence with him. I...
Post 10: "Bartleby The Scrivner" By Herman...
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I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:— I mean the law-copyists or scriveners. I have known very many of them,...
Post 9: 'Shrugged con'td (wc 204)
I’m still pulling straight from Galt’s main speech… too much good stuff not too. I’ll probably venture out into the rest of the book on the thread started by our Fox in the Spirituality forum… We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of...
Post 8: From "Atlas Shrugged" (WC 137)
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice — and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man — by choice; he has to hold his life as a value — by choice; he has to learn to sustain it — by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues — by choice. You seek...
Post 7: Passage from Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead" (WC...
“Thats because some sense of dignity still remains in them. They’re still human beings. But they’ve been taught to seek themselves in others. Yet no man can achieve the kind of absolute humility that would need no self esteem in any form. He wouldn’t survive. So after centuries of being pounded with the doctrine that altruism is the ultimate ideal, men have accepted it in...
Post 6: German/English "Erlkönig/Erlking (1782)...
Who rides so late through the night and wind? Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind; It’s the father with his child; Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm, He has the boy safe in his arm, Er faßt ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm. He holds him secure, he holds him warm. «Mein Sohn, was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?» – “My son, what makes you hide your face in fear?” – Siehst, Vater, du den Erlkönig...
“The Medfly
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– By Phill Courtney
6th post: 610 wordcount quote
My intitial follower: myself
Appeared to start me at “3” the goodly Applechucker followed me and the score hopped to a “6” does this mean we get 3 point for every follower? Perhaps. (Strokes spindley mustache), I will get you Karp! (Shakes fist.)
I wonder if there are points for following? (I don’t think so, as I have a tumblr that follows several thousand and only scores at 40.)
On second...
5th Post: 625 wordcount Poem
There is a long road ahead Poem Read: 4826
I’ve lost something very precious today, I’ve lost something that never ever was; I have lost the core of my soul today And I mourn in despair for my sad loss. I have lost what I once believed was true, I’ve lost what I once thought would surely be; I have lost what I have believed in for years And I cry out in my sorrow-why me! A...
4th post: 887 wordcount from the Magna Carta
20. For a trivial offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence, and for a serious offence correspondingly, but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood. In the same way, a merchant shall be spared his merchandise, and a husbandman the implements of his husbandry, if they fall upon the mercy of a royal court. None of these fines shall be imposed...
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It appears you cannot receive a tumblarity score until at least one person follows you. How many new tumblrs don’t know this? and never even see a “tumblarity” link.
3rd post: 216 word count post of Rudayrd Kipling...
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) At Runnymede, at Runnymede, What say the reeds at Runnymede? The lissom reeds that give and take, That bend so far, but never break, They keep the sleepy Thames awake With tales of John at Runnymede.
At Runnymede, at Runnymede, Oh, hear the reeds at Runnymede: ‘You musn’t sell, delay, deny, A freeman’s right or liberty. It wakes the stubborn...
2nd Post: 2447 word count post of Magna Carta...
38. No bailiff, on his own simple assertion, shall henceforth any one to his law, without producing faithful witnesses in evidence.
39. No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseized, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed—nor will we go upon or send upon him—save by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
40. To none will we sell, to none deny or...
2372 word cut and past of the magna carta
John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, greeting.
Know that before God, for the health of our soul and those of our ancestors and heirs, to the honour of God, the exaltation of...